How many people on here have had a dentist say this to you?

Yes, and I was back 3 weeks later when the glue didn’t hold.

Yes. My dentist, a careful, methodical perfectionist if ever there was one, removed and recemented a loose bridge 8 years ago. He’d been the one to install it originally, probably more than ten years before that. At a thorough check and test of solidity two days ago, it held firm.

Never one for false modesty, he said, “Beautiful! I wish mine were as good as that.” A dental artist, my guy.

@Aster, your Q asks if a dentist has said this to you, but your details don’t tell us what the dentist said.

Yes, but only as a temporary measure. As listed, you WILL be back.

A friend of mine had her crown come off. She went to the dentist and she had to sign a letter of consent or something since he was about to perform surgery. He removed BONE and GUM, did a root canal and she has to go back in four weeks to have an impression made for a new crown. She has had a lot of pain but had Motrin.
She says she wishes he had just pulled it since it was the very back tooth.
As an aside, whenever I ask a question people think it’s about me. I don’t know why.

Both of my crowns involved root canals before the crowns were ever even put on. If one came off today, and wasn’t broken in the process, the only real alternative would be to glue it back in place. I have had to take it easy on Jordan almonds (the culprit in my two existing crowns).

Yes. If there is not decay/bacterial problem under the crown there is no need for a root canal—that’s my understanding anyway. I’m no dentist, mind you.

< Here’s what I would do and everyone I know that’s a dentist: You examine. You xray. If it hasn’t had a root canal already- (most crowned teeth do) you can see on the xray if it needs one. If it’s already had one, you can see if there is a problem (not all root canals are successful). Another problem is recurrent decay underneath the crown. In a case where it just fell off and there’s no problem you just recement it. Otherwise, you offer the treatment plan that will cover the problem. In my experience it’s usually recurrent decay. And often it’s been the thing just fell off. No one it their right mind is just going to slap it back on without knowing why it fell off.

FWIW The only tooth I’ve ever lost was the only tooth that had root canal treatment. This makes me hesitate to have more r/c’s . Extraction seems like the better route to take.